The Business House Touch Rugby Championships kicked off last week. The tournament is held at St. Joseph’s College Alafua. Twenty-four teams are competing for the title this year. There are 35 government agencies and local businesses participating.

The Samoa Tag (Rugby) Incorporated kicked off their second tournament last weekend Saturday at the Marist Brother’s grounds at Mulivai, in a bid to grow the sport. The one-day tournament was the second Tag tournament for Samoa.

The Netball Samoa Oriana KidsNET development kicked off the second round of their tournament at the National University of Samoa Gymnasium during the weekend. Focusing on the next generation of Netballers is indeed the main objective and initiative behind this tournament.

The Volleyball Samoa Federation concluded the second round of their National League last week. S.I.S.D.A.C. Samoa Independence Seventh Day Adventist Compound in Fugalei was packed for four nights beginning on Monday.

The Samoa Touch Rugby Incorporated wasted no time in kick starting their 2018 tournaments. Last weekend was the start of their “Touch the crown opens tournament” at the St. Joseph’s College fields in Alafua.

Another year of competition has begun for Samoa’s V1 paddlers. Last Saturday was the first race of Samoa Outrigger Canoe Association (S.O.C.A.) V1 series. V1 races are individual events where one paddler is on his/her own va’a (canoe).

Netball Samoa kicked off their Oriana KidsNET development tournament at the National University of Samoa Gymnasium on the weekend. Focusing on the next generation of Netballers was indeed the main objective.

The best place to develop promising stars in the future is from the grassroots level. On Wednesday, the Samoa International Cricket Association held an Under-15 International Cricket Tournament for private schools in Samoa at the cricket field in Tuana’imato.

From volunteers to support staff to the joint Korea women's hockey team, people from many cultures bid farewell to each other and to the 2018 Winter Olympics on Monday as a swath of the eastern Korean Peninsula readied itself for something novel: relative normalcy.

The Crossfit movement continues to grow in popularity in Samoa. And with the 2018 Crossfit Games kicking off on Friday, a strong crew from Samoa has signed up, ready to take on the first five weeks of grueling workouts of the day (W.O.D) to the test their fitness against thousands of other Crossfitters from across the globe.

St. Joseph’s College former students have taken the top prize at the School Of Origin Golf tournament. Spearheaded by the Marist Brothers Old Pupil’s Association and Very Manaia Golf School, Saturday’s golf tournament was the stand out success with golfers turning out for an event with a good cause.

Ugly scenes marred the end of Spain's surprising loss to Belgium by 18-10 in Brussels on Sunday as Spain players blamed the Romanian referee for their team's failure to automatically qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Samoa’s world heavyweight boxing champion, Lupesoliai La’auliolemalietoa Joseph Parker has arrived in London to prepare for his showdown with Anthony Joshua in two weeks time. Accompanied by his trainer, Kevin Barry and members of their team, Lupesoliai arrived at London's Gatwick Airport after an intense eight-week training camp in Las Vegas.

An estimated 2 million people celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles' long-awaited first Super Bowl win will descend on the city Thursday as the Vince Lombardi trophy is paraded through five miles of jubilant fans.